This edition features a linked Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Chronology
Chapter I
Birth and parentage � studies under Zachow at Halle � Hamburg � friendship and
duel with Mattheson � Almira � departure for Italy.
Chapter II
Arrival in Italy � Rodrigo � Rome: Cardinal Ottoboni and the
Scarlattis � Naples: Venice: Agrippina � appointment at Hanover � London:
Rinaldo.
Chapter III
Second visit to London � Italian opera � George I and the Water
Music � visit to Germany � Canons and the Duke of Chandos � establishment of
the Royal Academy of Music.
Chapter IV
Buononcini � Cuzzoni, Faustina, and Senesino � death of George I � The
Beggar�s Opera � collapse of the Academy.
Chapter V
Handel naturalized � partnership with Heidegger � Esther � the Opera of
the Nobility � visit to Oxford � opera season at Covent Garden � Charles
Jennens � collapse of both opera-houses.
Chapter VI
Bankruptcy and paralysis � visit to Aix-la-Chapelle � the last
operas � Vauxhall Gardens � Handel�s �borrowings� � visit to
Ireland � Messiah and other oratorios.
Chapter VII
Judas Maccabaeus � Gluck � Thomas Morell � incipient blindness � Telemann and
his garden � last oratorios � death � character and personality.
Bibliography
Handel�s Works
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CONTENTS
Chronology
Chapter I
Birth and parentage � studies under Zachow at Halle � Hamburg � friendship and
duel with Mattheson � Almira � departure for Italy.
Chapter II
Arrival in Italy � Rodrigo � Rome: Cardinal Ottoboni and the
Scarlattis � Naples: Venice: Agrippina � appointment at Hanover � London:
Rinaldo.
Chapter III
Second visit to London � Italian opera � George I and the Water
Music � visit to Germany � Canons and the Duke of Chandos � establishment of
the Royal Academy of Music.
Chapter IV
Buononcini � Cuzzoni, Faustina, and Senesino � death of George I � The
Beggar�s Opera � collapse of the Academy.
Chapter V
Handel naturalized � partnership with Heidegger � Esther � the Opera of
the Nobility � visit to Oxford � opera season at Covent Garden � Charles
Jennens � collapse of both opera-houses.
Chapter VI
Bankruptcy and paralysis � visit to Aix-la-Chapelle � the last
operas � Vauxhall Gardens � Handel�s �borrowings� � visit to
Ireland � Messiah and other oratorios.
Chapter VII
Judas Maccabaeus � Gluck � Thomas Morell � incipient blindness � Telemann and
his garden � last oratorios � death � character and personality.
Bibliography
Handel�s Works
Handel
This edition features a linked Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Chronology
Chapter I
Birth and parentage � studies under Zachow at Halle � Hamburg � friendship and
duel with Mattheson � Almira � departure for Italy.
Chapter II
Arrival in Italy � Rodrigo � Rome: Cardinal Ottoboni and the
Scarlattis � Naples: Venice: Agrippina � appointment at Hanover � London:
Rinaldo.
Chapter III
Second visit to London � Italian opera � George I and the Water
Music � visit to Germany � Canons and the Duke of Chandos � establishment of
the Royal Academy of Music.
Chapter IV
Buononcini � Cuzzoni, Faustina, and Senesino � death of George I � The
Beggar�s Opera � collapse of the Academy.
Chapter V
Handel naturalized � partnership with Heidegger � Esther � the Opera of
the Nobility � visit to Oxford � opera season at Covent Garden � Charles
Jennens � collapse of both opera-houses.
Chapter VI
Bankruptcy and paralysis � visit to Aix-la-Chapelle � the last
operas � Vauxhall Gardens � Handel�s �borrowings� � visit to
Ireland � Messiah and other oratorios.
Chapter VII
Judas Maccabaeus � Gluck � Thomas Morell � incipient blindness � Telemann and
his garden � last oratorios � death � character and personality.
Bibliography
Handel�s Works
CONTENTS
Chronology
Chapter I
Birth and parentage � studies under Zachow at Halle � Hamburg � friendship and
duel with Mattheson � Almira � departure for Italy.
Chapter II
Arrival in Italy � Rodrigo � Rome: Cardinal Ottoboni and the
Scarlattis � Naples: Venice: Agrippina � appointment at Hanover � London:
Rinaldo.
Chapter III
Second visit to London � Italian opera � George I and the Water
Music � visit to Germany � Canons and the Duke of Chandos � establishment of
the Royal Academy of Music.
Chapter IV
Buononcini � Cuzzoni, Faustina, and Senesino � death of George I � The
Beggar�s Opera � collapse of the Academy.
Chapter V
Handel naturalized � partnership with Heidegger � Esther � the Opera of
the Nobility � visit to Oxford � opera season at Covent Garden � Charles
Jennens � collapse of both opera-houses.
Chapter VI
Bankruptcy and paralysis � visit to Aix-la-Chapelle � the last
operas � Vauxhall Gardens � Handel�s �borrowings� � visit to
Ireland � Messiah and other oratorios.
Chapter VII
Judas Maccabaeus � Gluck � Thomas Morell � incipient blindness � Telemann and
his garden � last oratorios � death � character and personality.
Bibliography
Handel�s Works
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